Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
9/19 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat on Immigration
Graphic with a white background and a black Twitter bird icon on the left and a graphic of two people talking with speech bubbles on the right. Text: #CripTheVote, Immigration, September 19, 2021, 7-8 pm Eastern, Guest hosts: @sdpavithran @Conchitahdz @DownToTheStruts
The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, invite you to a Twitter chat about immigration with Sachin Pavithran, Executive Director of the US Access Board, Conchita Hernandez Legorreta, a disability rights advocate and Doctoral student at George Washington University, and Qudsiya Naqui, a blind attorney and host of the podcast Down to the Struts.
For more about all three guest co-hosts:
Episode 78, Hate Crimes with Sachin Pavithran, Disability Visibility podcast
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/01/ep-78-hate-crimes/
Episode 90, Disabled Immigrants with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta, Disability Visibility podcast
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/11/15/ep-90-disabled-immigrants/
Disabled Immigrants: Living on the Edge of Barbwire, Qudsiya Naqui, Disability Visibility Project
How to Participate
Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility and @sdpavithran, @Conchitahdz, and @DownToTheStruts. When it’s time for the chat, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation.
If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote
If you might be overwhelmed by the amount of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. The questions will be Tweeted approximately 6-7 minutes apart.
Another way to participate in the chat is to use this app that allows you to pause the chat if the Tweets are coming at you too fast: http://www.tchat.io/
Here is a link for people who are new to Twitter on starting an account and how to use it: https://help.twitter.com/en/new-user-faq
Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/546805/
Check out this captioned ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/
Introductory Tweets and Chat Questions
Welcome to the #CripTheVote chat on immigration with @sdpavithran, @Conchitahdz, and @DownToTheStruts. Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote”
An immigrant is someone who makes a conscious decision to leave his or her home and move to a foreign country with the intention of settling there. #CripTheVote
A refugee is a person who has fled their country of origin & is unable or unwilling to return because of past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on 5 protected grounds. #CripTheVote
Q1 It has been a strange and difficult year so far especially with the assault on reproductive freedom, delta variant & the US-made crisis in Afghanistan. How are you managing right now and what’s giving you comfort in these uncertain times? #CripTheVote
Q2 Today’s chat is about immigration, specifically to the United States. What are some unique challenges disabled immigrants and refugees face that most people don’t know about? #CripTheVote
Q3 For years the US incarcerated and traumatized unaccompanied minors who entered the country. Along with the recent policy of family separation, how are these policies a disability issue? #CripTheVote
Q4 In what ways can migration cause or exacerbate a person’s disability, especially if they are fleeing from a conflict zone or displaced by the climate crisis? #CripTheVote
Q5 With the application processes for both asylum and citizenship, what are some of the structural barriers that disabled immigrants face? #CripTheVote
Q6 What are some of the eugenic and ableist ideas that are part of our current immigration policies? What are some ways to effect change to these policies? #CripTheVote
Q7 How can local disability communities support disabled undocumented people, immigrants, and refugees? #CripTheVote
Q8 Is immigration a priority with major disability rights organizations in the US? If not, why is that and what changes would you like to see to happen? #CripTheVote
Q9 What can immigration advocates can do to advance disability justice in the immigration system? #CripTheVote
This concludes our #CripTheVote chat on immigration w/ guest hosts @sdpavithran @Conchitahdz & @DownToTheStruts. Please keep the conversation going. A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/
Sunday, September 5, 2021
2021 #CripTheVote Disability Issues Survey Results
Issues - Which broad disability-related issue categories are most important to you? (Rated from 10 most important to 1 least)
Health care - 8.71
Civil rights / discrimination - 7.95
Accessibility - 7.12
Benefits - 5.31
Housing - 5.06
Employment - 4.98
Long term care / personal assistance - 4.44
Education - 4.38
Assistive technology - 2.81
Medical treatment discrimination - 4.39
Earnings / benefits - 4.37
COVID vaccine access - 4.26
Affordable, accessible housing - 4.18
Voting accessibility - 4.16
Police violence - 4.14
Home care funding - 4.11
Marriage penalties - 4.04
IDEA funding - 3.94
Right to home care - 3.92
Pain medication - 3.84
Disability policy - 3.84
Special Ed oversight - 3.82
Which #CripTheVote activities do you find most valuable? (Rated from 5 most important to 1 least)
Scheduled chats - 3.90
Interviews on the blog - 3.76
Candidate chats - 3.32
Live tweeting - 3.06
Online issue surveys - 2.24
Which of the following best describes your connection in disability issues?
There is a disabled person in my family - 121
I work in the disability field - 74
Just interested - 20
Other - 19
What is your race / ethnicity?
Hispanic or Latinx - 7%
Black or African-American - 3%
Asian or Asian American - 3%
Other - 3%
American Indian or Native American - 1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander - 1%
What is your age?
25-34 - 104
45-54 - 82
18-24 - 44
55-64 - 44
65+ - 18
Under 18 - 7
What is your gender?
Male - 74
Non-binary - 66
Transgender man - 4
Transgender woman - 1
Other - 13
What type of disability do you have?
Chronic pain / chronic illness - 260
Mental health - 211
Autism - 77
Learning disability - 63
Other - 57
Cognitive / intellectual - 52
Sensory (Deaf / Blind) - 43
Speech - 17
Monday, July 26, 2021
Sunday, July 11, 2021
#CripTheVote Chat - Disability Legislation In Congress
#CripTheVote Chat
Disability Legislation In Congress
With Guest Host Rebecca Vallas, The Century Foundation
Sunday, July 25, 2020
7:00 PM Eastern / 6 PM Central / 5 PM Mountain / 4 PM Pacific
The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Alice Wong, Andrew Pulrang, and Gregg Beratan, invite you to a Twitter chat about current disability-related legislation in Congress, and what disabled people and disability activists can do to make sure our priorities get the attention they deserve. Our co-host is Rebecca Vallas @rebeccavallas, Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation.
How to Participate
Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility. When it’s time for the chat, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation.
If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote
If you might be overwhelmed by the amount of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. The questions will be Tweeted approximately 6-8 minutes apart.
Another way to participate in the chat is to use this app that allows you to pause the chat if the Tweets are coming at you too fast: http://www.tchat.io/
Here is a link for people who are new to Twitter on starting an account and how to use it: https://help.twitter.com/en/new-user-faq
Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/546805/
Check out this captioned ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/
Links to background information
Chelsea Cirruzzo, US News & World Report - July 6, 2021
The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities
Dylan Matthews, Vox.com - July 9, 2021
“Building Back Better” Must Include Strengthening Supplemental Security Income
Rebecca Vallas, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation - April 27, 2021
Letter from Sen. Sherrod Brown on updating SSI
April 16, 2021
Chat Questions
Q1: What are the most likely prospects in Congress for major progress on home care / Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)? #CripTheVote
Q2: What should disability activists make of the recent infrastructure bill bipartisan compromise that appears to leave out HCBS? #CripTheVote
Q3: What is “budget reconciliation” and how does it work? What can it be used to accomplish in Congress, and what can’t it be used for? #CripTheVote
Q4: What opportunities are there in Congress for major progress on Social Security and SSI? #CripTheVote
Q5: What are the prospects in Congress for major progress on disability employment policy? #CripTheVote
Q6: How much support is there for disability policy reforms with U.S. voters? #CripTheVote
Q7: What are some effective ways for disabled people to use their personal stories to raise disability issues and promote or oppose disability-related legislation? #CripTheVote
Q8: Are there disability advocacy strategies that are less effective and maybe should be reassessed? #CripTheVote
Q9: Which disability advocacy strategies are most effective for supporting disability-related legislation? #CripTheVote
This concludes our #CripTheVote chat on disability legislation in Congress. Thanks again to Rebecca Vallas for helping guide our discussion. #CripTheVote
Please keep the conversation going. A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/ #CripTheVote
Monday, March 1, 2021
2021 #CripTheVote Survey
#CripTheVote began early in the 2016 US General Elections. One of the first things we did was post an online survey to get a sense of what kinds of disability issues disabled people cared about at the time. We then did another identical survey in 2018. You can click here to see the results of our past surveys.
As we enter the fifth year of #CripTheVote, at an especially pivotal moment for American politics and people with disabilities, we are again asking for your feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous survey, and share it with other people with disabilities and people interested in disability issues. We will post survey results sometime in early Spring, 2021.
If the online survey format is not accessible to you, you can click here for a text-only version. Just complete the survey, export to Microsoft Word format, and email it to us at: cripthevote@gmail.com.
Click to complete the 2021 #CripTheVote Survey on SurveyMonkey